From the beginning of 2019 until now, Long An has 10 cases of forest fire

From the beginning of 2019 until now, Long An has 10 cases of forest fire

The fires were discovered and put out in time, except for one case in Hamlet 4, Thanh Loi commune, Ben Luc district, which destroyed 3.7 hectares of individual melaleuca forest.

Long An Department of Agriculture and Rural Development asks relevant units to check the forest fire prevention and control in the 2nd phase of 13 forest owners.

In the localities, district and inter-district Forest Protection Divisions inspect forest fire prevention and fighting in communes and 3 forest owners.

Through inspection, most local authorities of districts and forest owners strictly implement regulations on forest fire prevention and fighting. From the beginning of the year until now, the deployment of the forest protection coordination plan has been effective.

According to the Director of the Provincial Forest Protection Division - Do Van La, in the coming time, the department and local authorities will strengthen forest fire prevention in dry season in 2019 as well as propagate and implement Program No.17-CTr/TU of the Provincial Standing Committee implemented Directive 13-CT/TW of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat on strengthening the Party's leadership in forest management, protection and development./.

By Huynh Phong - Translated by Pham Ngan